SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager with POPM Certification Training Course

This two-day course is designed for IT professionals interested in exploring the Waterfall model and understanding how practitioners have historically addressed its limitations, including but not limited to, Agile approaches.

The aim of Day 1 is to provide an overview of these various approaches, enabling you to determine which might best suit your specific environment.

Day 2 focuses on project management techniques and best practices identified from Agile methodologies, demonstrating how they can be effectively applied within both Waterfall and Agile contexts.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Abundant exercises and practical practice.
• Hands-on implementation within a live laboratory environment.

Course Customization Options

• To arrange customized training for this course, please contact us.

This course centers on equipping business analysts with the skills needed to thrive in Agile project environments. Participants will learn how to effectively collaborate with the development team, Product Owner, Scrum Master, and customers to streamline the development process. The curriculum includes a simulated project where attendees practice handling common real-world scenarios.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at engineering and design professors who wish to understand, apply, and teach modern software development practices relevant to systems engineering, civil engineering, design, and architecture disciplines.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is designed for marketing executives who wish to understand how to leverage Agile frameworks to optimize growth marketing strategies, create customer-centric products, and achieve scalable growth.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Comprehend the key frameworks employed in Agile product management.
• Analyze the potential demand for new products and services.
• Learn how to price new products and apply techniques to refine value.

This course offers a concise introduction to Agile software testing. It covers essential testing concepts within the framework of Agile (Scrum) development, utilising Crispin and Gregory's Agile Testing Quadrants model as a guide to examine modern Agile testing principles and practices.

In this course, you will master the concepts, principles, and techniques of Agile Team Facilitation, which are essential for guiding teams to higher levels of maturity. In an Agile environment, effective collaboration and productive team meetings are vital for success. The Agile Team Facilitator plays a critical role in helping teams move towards self-organisation. You will develop the facilitation mindset required to plan and lead collaborative sessions that drive teams toward better outcomes and maturity. This course acts as a foundation for becoming an Agile Coach, emphasising both skill development and mindset transformation. Discover group facilitation tools and techniques to engage participants and achieve specific goals in meetings and workshops.

This two-day course offers a concise introduction to Agile software testing. It covers essential test concepts within the context of Agile (Scrum) development and employs Crispin & Gregory’s Agile Testing Quadrants model as a framework to examine modern Agile testing principles and practices.

Target Audience

This course is designed for development teams seeking to enhance their testing practices in an Agile environment.

It is also appropriate for individuals aiming to pursue testing as a specific career path and serves as a suitable prerequisite for the iSQI Certified Agile Tester course.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana covers the concepts, tools and techniques needed to carry out continuous integration of your software projects in an Agile environment. Participants carry out a series of hands-on exercises throughout the course to apply their knowledge in real situations. Interaction among instructor and participants is encouraged. Real-world cases are discussed and specific issues and questions are addressed and resolved in class.

While JIRA Software is a robust project management solution, users often concentrate more on the software itself rather than the underlying methodology.

This instructor-led live training reveals the synergy between Jira and Confluence, demonstrating how their combined capabilities help teams successfully deliver products and projects. Participants will learn to leverage these tools to enhance efficiency in managing user requirements, testing, and communication, all within a centralized environment.

The curriculum covers JIRA projects, Confluence spaces, workflows, boards (Kanban and Scrum), planning, dependency tracking, the integration between Jira and Confluence, reporting, essential fields, custom fields, issue types, screens, and filtering techniques.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be equipped to:

• Establish Scrum or Kanban projects
• Configure Jira for effective project management
• Handle issues with efficiency
• Design necessary screens for various issue types
• Create workflows and boards, and comprehend their interplay
• Execute basic and advanced searches and analyses
• Produce and evaluate reports vital for both the team and management

Lean is a methodology focused on maximizing value while minimizing waste in processes.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level banking and process management professionals who wish to apply Lean and Agile tools to improve efficiency in managing requirements, projects, and operational processes.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand and apply Lean principles in the context of banking processes.
• Use Lean tools to optimize requirements gathering and project execution.
• Implement and manage Kanban boards for effective workflow management.
• Identify and eliminate waste in banking and service-oriented processes.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on application of Lean and Agile tools in case-based scenarios.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This Leading SAFe Agilist certification helps you to be a major stakeholder in your organization’s success. The certification not only allows you to execute and deliver value through Agile Release Trains but also to lead a Lean-Agile transformation, which is why it is highly valued in various industry sectors.

Acquire the expertise needed to steer the delivery of continuous value within a Lean enterprise. Develop the competencies required to effectively fulfil the role of a SAFe Product Owner and Product Manager in the Agile Release Train (ART) as it delivers value through Program Increments. Explore how the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and a DevOps culture contribute to the relentless improvement of the ART.

Apply Lean thinking to decompose Epics into Features and Stories, refine these items, manage Program and Team backlogs, and plan and execute Iterations and Program Increments.

This instructor-led live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is designed for advanced-level Release Train Engineers (RTEs) who wish to deepen their understanding of their role and enhance their skills.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Grasp the role and responsibilities of a SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE).
• Learn how to facilitate Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and drive continuous delivery.
• Develop skills in planning and executing Program Increment (PI) events.
• Gain expertise in managing risks, dependencies, and impediments.
• Acquire techniques to foster relentless improvement and Agile transformation.

This two-day course teaches the Lean-Agile principles and practices of the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®).

You’ll learn how to execute and release value through Agile Release Trains, how to build an Agile Portfolio, and how to lead a Lean-Agile transformation at enterprise scale.

You will gain an understanding of the Lean-Agile mindset and how to apply the principles and practices of SAFe to support Agile teams, programs, program portfolio management, and to coordinate large Value Streams. Attending the class prepares you to take the exam and become a certified SAFe® Agilist (SA). Associated Certification: SAFe Agilist (SA)